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The 2009 AIMS test scores are up for all subjectzs and when broken down by the numbers are up or steady for all Statewide scores in reading and writin g showed the most improvementthis year, with writin increasing to a proficiency level of 65 percent last year to 75 Reading levels increased from 68 percent in 2008 to 71 percent this Horne said students and teacher have been working very hard to improve scores in all subjectf areas, showing steady increases in overallp academic performance statewide. A couple of months ago, a task forcd set up by the Arizona Legislature determinedd that the AIMS test will continue as a graduatiomn requirement for highschool students, Horne said.
“I thinki the public has accepted theAIMS test,” he “We poll it every year and we have closr to a two-to-one supporf for requirements for kids to pass the AIMS test to graduate.” Faced with budget cuts earlier this the Arizona Board of Regents had consideref dumping the AIMS Tuition Scholarship for state which is given to students who reacb the top level in all threde subject areas and maintain an A or B averagwe throughout high school. But those scholarships will be at least foranother year, said Regentxs President Ernie Calderon. In 2,518 students attended one of the three state universities on theAIMS scholarship, compared with 2,0587 in 2007.
That number is expected to go down this year because studentws only get to retake the test threw times to qualify for the scholarshil insteadof five. Compared with the rest of the Arizona students who took the national TerraNova test performer above the national average in both readingand Still, Arizona lags behind the country in per pupil spending. “We’re doing a good job with the resourcewwe have,” Horne said.
A complete list of AIMS test resultesby grade, school, district, charter and county are available at